Arts & Entertainment

PorchFest brings music, art and history to Allentown

Allentown’s Main Street will become a showcase for music, art and local history Saturday, Sept. 12, when the Allentown Village Initiative presents the borough’s first PorchFest. The free event will...

Lawrence historian wins $25K national scholarship

While many parents take their children on vacation trips to the beach or the mountains, Julia Ciccone's parents...

Piano Jam opens Richardson’s Steinway to all

For generations, some of the world’s leading pianists have taken a seat at the Steinway grand piano in...

Art Cart delivers a new kind of soul food to town

It’s a hot summer day and brightly dressed Brook Beatty stands on South Broad Street in downtown Trenton. After...

Laura Benanti brings ‘Nobody Cares’ home

Laura Benanti says she is “blessed to be a chameleon.” Her context is unexpected. She is not referring to being...

The Roebling Museum’s Ghost

The following section from the story “A Bridge to the Other Side: Hauntings in Roebling” from the book “Ghosts of Burlington County” provides a...

A Composer Who Finds Music in Her Surroundings

Life for composer Frances White didn’t change much during the pandemic shut down, since she is somewhat of a happy hermit, living in Griggstown...

A Jersey Devil Family Affair: ‘Brigid’s Charge’

The Jersey Devil made me do it — that is, write last year’s lengthy article on the books, films, music, and art inspired by...

Spooky Summer Reads with a New Jersey Twist

A pack of five New Jersey ghost books sent by Haunted America, a division of The History Press, may be just the way to...

A Jersey Devil Family Affair: ‘The Domestic Life of the Jersey Devil’

In addition to Cynthia Lamb’s fictionalized account of her real-life family member and the alleged mother of the Jersey Devil, Deborah Leeds, another Leeds...

A Composer Who Finds Music in Her Surroundings

Life for composer Frances White didn’t change much during the pandemic shut down, since she is somewhat of a happy hermit, living in...
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